Poetry by Marianne Moore - Question and Answers
I. Answer these questions in a sentence or two. 1. Which are the useful things listed by the speaker ? The genuine physical reactions (useful things) listed by the poet are hands that can grasp, eyes that can dilate, and hair that can rise. 2. According to the poet, how can one find something genuine in poetry? Genuine poetry is useful and one c…
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Poetry by Marianne Moore Summary and Analysis
Marianne Moore states that she too dislikes some kinds of poetry as it not genuine. She compares poetry to fiddle. Because, fiddle cannot create a complete form of music in isolation. similarly some poems are incomplete which can only produce sounds and cannot create any spark among the readers. There is no life in such poems. The other forms of writi…
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The Soul selects her own Society By Emily Dickinson summary and analysis
The Soul selects her own Society — Then — shuts the Door — To her divine Majority — Present no more — Unmoved — she notes the Chariots — pausing — At her low Gate — Unmoved — an Emperor be kneeling Upon her Mat — I've known her — from an ample nation — Choose One — Then — close the Valves of her attention — Like Stone — The souls selec…
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